St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-20
Two Days Spent in Selecting Five Men
for the Jury in the
Meade Trial.
Albenberg aud Benson After Being Ao'
cepted Are Excused on Being Ohal-
lenged for Actual Bias.
One Man Says He is Prevented From
Serving by the Superior Real
Estate Boom.
The Sheriff Ordered to Bring in An
other Fenfre of Fifty Names
This Morning.

tfial yesterday, was exhausted before
o'clock and but three had been accepted.
Albenberg, one of the three accepted Mon
day. was challenged yesterday morning by
Judge Egan for actual bias and the defense
/ admitting the challenge. Albenberg was eX-
| cused. When the court adjourned there were
but five OF the twelve jurors to be selected in
! the box and it looks as though it would take
two and possibly thee more days before the
! jury is completed. The interrogating pro-
| ceedingS were long and uniuIeresting to the
| half hundred spectators in the room and
| even the attorneys themselves wore a look of
WEAKNESS as the extracts from foreign coun-
| tries were called TIC the witness stand only to
! declare that they were not citizens of the
| United States had left their naturalization
papers at home or had irrevocably lost them.
Frank Meade occupied chair just back of
his counsel and while he twirled a pocket
knife in his fingers, closely watched the pro-
| ceedings without any show OF anxiety The
men were disposed OF in the following man.
ner:
SLOW PROCESS.
Andrew Peterson clothing dealer at 235
| East Seventh street, claimed Sweden as his
birthplace. He was sent home to get his nat
uralization papers, which he produced. He
had read an account of tine shooting, and
| formed an opinion that it would require evil
! dence to change. He was excused on Erwin S
challenge for actual bias. James A Forsyth.
d commission merchant, said be read care
! fully the accounts of the shooting, but had
| formed no opinion Was not personally ac-
| quainted with the prisoner. He was excused
on the challenge of Judge Egan for actual
bias. Peter johns, a grocer, doing business
at T51 Payne avenue, had lived in the city ten
| years, had read the account of the shooting
/ and had formed an opinion which he thought
could not be changed by weight of evidence.
Excused on Erwin's challenge for actual
bias. Charles A. Artel, a hardware merchant.
| 6Nin q flx1Qr hrlS
| street, was sent after his naturaliza-
tion papers, and did not show up again.
! Alfred Bradley, a Swede, in the shoe business
at 381 East Seventh street, produced his
papers and, claiming that he had read of the
! case and formed an opinion, he was excused
for actual bias. d. A. Landberg, proprietor
| of cigar stand, claimed to have been born
| in Sweden, came to this country and took out
! his papers in 1870, but had lost them. Rec
| ordS OF the supreme court were produced
showing that Landberg had taken out his
! papers, but the records did not show the Off
cial seal. He was excused for general dis
qualification. Charles Schroeder claimed
| that he had served as juror in a case last
November, and Deputy Sheriff Lunkenheimer
! corroborating the statement, he was excused
| GUSTAV Ericsson, dry goods merchant at 701
| De Sofa street, had never taken out his natu-
| radiation papers and was excused August
c. Darnfeld, doing a flour and feed business,
| had read Of the case, but never formed an
opinion, and
WAS ACCEPTED.
Andrew BjOrkland, grocer at 514 East Sew
enth street, Il Swede, said he had formed an
| opinion and was excused on Erwin'S chal-
| lenge for actual bias. Franklin Tonga White
Bear grocer, had read of the case in the
| GLOBE and had formed an opinion. He was
excused. William Long, White Bear car
| penter, had not read OF the case and had
| formed no opinion. He was accepted. Ross
| Williams proprietor Of the Williams house,
White Bear, had formed an opinion and was
| excused William Weber, White Bear citi-
zen, had read of the affair in the GLOBE and
| had formed an opinion. He was excused
| Richard Gallagher, a telegraph operator of
| White Bear, had never formed an opinion re-
| garding the case. He was accepted. NJ J.
| Butler, a White Bear saloon man. was ex-
! cused on peremptory challenge by the state.
f. A. Leahman, White Bear boat-buider.
| had read and talked of the case and come to a
| conclusion. He was excused on Egans chal-
| lenge for actual bias. Frederick Benson was
| called. No challenge being made he was ac-
| cepted. John Getty. of White Bear, was ac-
cepted without challenge. John D. Casey
was called and stated it would be impossible
| for him to attend, as he was breaking I'D
housekeeping preparatory to moving to SUI
| peror. Senator Davis wanted to know if he
| was going to attend the boom at Superior
This caused ripple of laughter and Mr.
| Casey was excused. John Teeple, grocer
| UOluS UuSlueSS DIT S4l west seventh street,
had read OF the case and formed an opinion
He was excused on Erwin's challenge for
actual bias Albert Kuby, residing at 159
Smith street, was excused on Erwin's chal-
lenge for general disqualification.
! James Krenick. residing at 748 West Seventh
| street and engaged in the grocery business
| was native of Bohemia. His subpoena had
| been left at his store. Erwin asked that the
man be excused as the subpoena had not been
| served on him personally. He was excused
| on that point. Andrew Holm, doing saloon
and hotel business at s47 East Seventh street,
was excused for general disqualification
August Nilsson had formed an opinion and
was excused for actual bias. August Ekblad
| claimed Sweden as his birth place and the
challenge for general disqualification by Err
! win was admitted. J. c. johnson was ex-
! cuSed on the ground of his being a member
of the Emmett light artillery. ]. I. LIE Dux
was excused for general disqualification.
| Charles Schlick served on a jury in Novem-
| Der and was excused. H. G. Cassel, residing
at 436 Becker place, claimed Sweden as his
| place of birth. He said he was working on
| the Minneapolis Tribune at the time the
homocide occurred, but did not read the re-
| port and did not know the features of the
case. He was excused on a peremp-
tory challenge by the state. II. l..
Benedict, in the gents furnishing goods
| business on Wabasha street, was excused on
the challenge for general disqualification he
not having his naturalization papers. An
| tonic G. Peil, an East Seventh street boot and
| shoe dealer, had read of the case and had
formed an opinion and had expressed it to his
neighbors. He was excused on the challenge
| OF general disqualification by Egan
! The court reconvened at O'Clock d N, and
| Frederick Benson, who in the morning was
| accepted, was challenged by Judge Egan. on
| the ground OF actual bias, he having told q
friend that he had formed an opinion regard
Ing the guilt OF the prisoner. Benson did not
Inns hat l,nh nl I'LL
| was excused. w. Fl. Dorr was excused on
the challenge Of general disqualification, his
naturalization papers being not in FORM K.
| H. Spear was found to be u citizen of Mime
| apolis and he was excused on the challenge
| OF general disqualification. E. A. Weller said
he was born in Connecticut, and he was ex-
| cused on the challenge of Erwin of general
disqualification. A. D. Palmer, West Third
| street hardware merchant, was excused on
the challenge of general disqualification
| Lewis Kohlmann was sent home to procure
his papers Of citizenship and ordered to re-
port this morning at 10 O'clock Thomas
| Berrisford, born in England, was excused on
a challenge of general disqualification He
had never taken out his naturalization pa
pers. c. P. Barnard had formed an opinion
and was excused on challenge of actual
bias. John Hardy was employed by the Man.
haitian Life Insurance company He had
read OF the shooting and was excused
on the challenge of actual bias.
j. L. Brigham was challenged for general dis.
qualification; excused. ]. F. Pannell, the
jackson street hat merchant, was excused on
the challenge OF Erwin for general disoualifi.
cation. There was no seal on the records
| making him citizen Of the United States
John Fetch was excused on the challenge fol-
general disqualification by Erwin He had
| lost his naturalization papers. Herman Gal
was excused without examination on Erwiu's
challenge of general disqualification.
AT o'clock the court adjourned till 1C
| o'clock this morning, when the sheriff was
ordered to report venire Of fifty names.